service delivery is through state departments and therefore it is of the utmost importance that we pay attention to how the national revenue fund is distributed we have made various inputs as we debated budget votes for the departments hopefully the issues raised will be taken seriously by the executive decision makers because i_letter would like to believe that this whole process is not a tick off exercise just so that we are seen as democratic and having good governance i_letter would like to believe that it is a genuine process wherein the interest of the decision makers is to listen